Pilsan Academy
Whether you’re a busy professional, a retiree seeking purpose, or an aspiring pianist aiming for a career, actively making music offers profound benefits. It helps you manage stress, connect deeply with others, and practice a passion that enriches your life. Beyond personal growth, playing the piano fosters emotional understanding and creates opportunities to share joy and build meaningful relationships through music.
If you're playing the piano, you might know one of the following problems:
- You're playing the SAME pieces for months ❌
- Your technique does not develop ❌
- and you make the same mistakes over and over again. ❌
What happens is that you become very frustrated. You experience pain in your hands and arms after you practice. If you play for someone your family, you are extremely nervous and if you play a concert, you have black outs and can't deliver what you've initially practiced.
Many pianists believe that repeating passages and playing through pieces within the practice time will actually improve the playing. They are stressed, become tense and can never move to new pieces.
The key problem here is NOT that you don't have enough time. But that you're lacking a good foundation for your technique. What does that mean?You have to be able to move your body in the right way in order to create the sounds you want. --> And you have to have a clear imagination of what you want in order to move in the right way, which will bring you closer to YOUR IMAGINATION.Your brain actually remembers everything you have practiced. And if you simply repeat the passages which are not working, you'll also repeat the wrong execution. Which actually brings you further away from your goals.
Now: If you don't have a system, you'll always have the feeling that you are lacking time. Or that the pieces are too difficult for you. You mess up the piece all the time. You think that you are not good enough and if you don’t tackle this problem, this means that you won’t be able to get into university if you plan to become a professional pianist or that you simply lose motivation and stop playing…
What you need to do instead is to
- first identify how you want to play the piece. And work out your perfect imagination. ✅
- then to work on the realization of that, to really figure out which steps you need to take in which order and to use your time in the best possible way ✅
- to implement technical tools for each problem, which help you to make your fingers stronger, more independent and express what you actually want ✅
- to learn the rules for interpretation in each style, like vocabulary and grammar for a new language ✅
and to find a mechanism that will help you to control your results as well as performing for friends and family on a regular basis. ✅
I've worked through that with Peter, for example, who, when he started working with me, was very nervous when he was playing for others, BECAUSE of the lack of clear imagination, technique and control. But, after working through this system, he can now play through Beethoven's Sonatas or Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze with a lot of confidence.🔥🔥🔥
Apply for a first free lesson with me, so we can find out how we can make this possible for you.
Aaron
Pilsan Academy Partners
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Piano Mastery
The piano mastery system is the first approach that works for both professional and non-professional pianists.
Having collected different methods from the German and Russian school, combined with a lot of experience on stage, it's divided into the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of piano practice.
In our free piano lesson, we will analyze exactly where you are at point A and how we will get you to point B with the least possible resistance.
- learned how to strategize their practice and memorizing music
- solved their technical problems in order to play fast
- overcome the fear of playing for others and gaining first experiences with performing their dream pieces
- prepared themselves successfully for their exams, where their professors have told them that they had never played so well
- prepared themselves for competitions where they have won first prizes
- learned how to market and sell themselves without the help of agencies, competitions or scholarship --> getting high-priced concerts
Cristina from New York
She used to feel unsure of her abilities, held back by a lack of technical foundation. Even the idea of practicing felt overwhelming—was she doing it right, or just reinforcing bad habits? But with patient guidance and a focus on simple, actionable steps (even through Zoom), she started to see progress. Bit by bit, she learned how to approach each piece thoughtfully, improve her posture, and build a practice routine she could stick with. Now, she plays with more ease, sounds better, and is beginning to trust her ability to read music and understand rhythm.
Ron from Montréal
He hadn’t touched the piano in years, and the thought of starting again felt daunting. Would his fingers remember? Would it be like learning from scratch? He needed an approach tailored to his unique journey—one that honored where he was and where he wanted to go. With a personal plan built around his strengths and aspirations, he rediscovered his love for playing. Now, he’s tackling pieces like Brahms’ Op. 118, finding immense satisfaction in bringing the music to life again, one note at a time.
Benjamin from Linz
Benjamin faced a mountain of technical challenges, but with determination and the right guidance, he turned them into stepping stones. Through a combination of targeted exercises and a structured practice schedule, he refined his skills and elevated his artistry. Now, after nearly 18 months of dedicated work with Aaron, Benjamin is carving out his place as one of Austria’s most promising young pianists. A recent highlight? Performing as a soloist with Emmanuel Tjeknavorian conducting at the iconic Brucknerhaus Linz—a moment that showcased just how far his hard work has taken him.
- Are you afraid you’ll never truly master the piano, no matter how hard you try?
- Do you long to play faster, but your fingers just won’t cooperate?
- Does it feel like your memory is working against you, holding you back from the progress you desperately want?
- Do you shine in the practice room, only to crumble under pressure when someone starts listening?
- Have you tried everything—different teachers, countless YouTube tutorials, and stacks of books—only to feel like nothing quite addresses your unique challenges?
If any of these resonate with you, then the Pilsan Academy could be the game-changer you’ve been searching for.
#1 Application Form
You are a pianist or want to learn the piano and you want to master your dream pieces?
Then please fill out the form first so me and my team can see exactly where you are at the moment.
#2 First Call
In this call, we'll ask you a few questions in order to find out where you are right now, what your problems are and what your overall situation is and if I can help you in general.
#3 Free Piano Lesson
If everything looks promising, we will have a strategy lesson of 60-90min together, where we will analyze your situation deeply and work out a step-by-step plan for you completely for free.
#4 Mentoring Program
If I have offered you anything in the end of the strategy lesson and we have decided that one of my programs is the right thing for you, we will then execute the plan together, so you can succeed with your playing.
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Nowadays, you can find all the relevant information about piano practice on the internet and in books. The important thing isn't the information itself, but your own transformation. It's about getting the right information at the right time, in the right order and to have someone to support you on your journey.